Modeling of calcium oxalate and amorphous silica composite fouling

AIChE Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1214-1220

  Yu, Hong ^a   Sheikholeslami, Roya ^a,c   Doherty, William O S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Sugar Research Institute   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amorphous silica; Calcium oxalate; Composite fouling; Modeling; Sugar mill evaporator

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CONSOLIDATION; COOLING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; NUCLEATE BOILING; PH EFFECTS; SCALE (DEPOSITS); THERMOANALYSIS;

BULK SUBCOOLING; CALCIUM OXALATE MONOHYDRATE (COM); SILICA COMPOSITE FOULING; THERMAL HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS;

FOULING;

FOULING;

EID: 17544375944     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10397     Document Type: Article

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